Consolidated XB-46

The Consolidated XB-46 was designed to meet an Army Air Force request for a jet bomber
made in Spring of 1944. Three other bomber development projects (the North
American XB-45, the Boeing XB-47, and the Martin
XB-48) were also initiated to meet this AAF request, but none of them were developed
in time to serve during WWII. For more history on this aircraft, see the links below.

For more data on this aircraft, click
here for Joe Baugher's
webpage.USAF archives on this aircraft, click
here.Additional information on this aircraft
can be found at Wikipedia here.(updated February 2009)

Consolidated (Convair) XB-46

Type: jet bomber
Crew: three
Armament: two .50 cal machine guns in tail
up to 22,000 lbs. of bombs